Opaque universe...

Have you ever noticed that things never actually go down the way you think they will for for the things you actually worry about? When it hits the fan, it is nearly always some random event that you could not have predicted with the combined powers of a divining rod, crystal ball, and a team of psychics.

It's kind of like scientists worrying about the world ending by a massive solar flare or cities being destroyed by people flying planes into buildings.

It's like t.s. eliot said, " The world ends not with a bang, but a whimper."

Which leads me to wonder, " How will people react whenever the end is actually nigh?" I'm thinking that essentially, under extreme stress, there are two types of people. The people that have their act together spiritually, and those that don't. I think humanity will diverge into two extremes. The spiritually bereft will go hedonistic, and loot till they drop, and those that have some small clue about life, the universe, and everything will pull together their family and friends and love each other.